Textbook

People's Music Publishing House, Volume 14, Unit 7

Class hours

1 class hour

Teaching Content

Learn to sing the song "Song of the Guerrillas"

Teaching objectives

1. Emotional objectives:

By learning songs, achieve The requirement to be able to sing with expressions. Cultivate students' musical expression. Instruct students to sing "Song of the Guerrilla" with the feeling of experiencing a march, inspiring students to understand the optimistic revolutionary spirit of the Chinese People's Liberation Army soldiers and their love for the motherland.

2. Knowledge objectives:

Be able to be interested in music with revolutionary historical themes, and understand the relevant music culture and historical background in conjunction with "Guerrilla Song".

Teaching Focus

Sing "Guerrilla Song" from memory with a brisk and powerful voice, and express the artistic conception of the song freely.

Teaching Difficulties

Singing Songs with Emotions

Teaching Methods

Heuristic Teaching, Experiential Teaching, Listening and Singing, and Model Singing .

Teaching preparation

Piano, tape recorder, multimedia

Teaching process

Pre-class song "Shepherd Boy Piccolo"

Introduction:

Teacher: In today’s lesson, the teacher will take you back to China in 1937 AD. Learn about this period of history

June 1, 1937 - Zhou Enlai, the representative of the Communist Party of China, negotiated with Chiang Kai-shek in Lushan.

July 7, 1937 - July 7 Marco Polo Bridge Incident.

July 17, 1937 - Chiang Kai-shek delivered the Anti-Japanese War speech in Lushan.

July 29, 1937—The Japanese army captured Peiping.

July 30, 1937—The Japanese army captured Tianjin.

On August 28, 1937, Japan bombed the Shanghai Railway Station, and the South Railway Station incident broke out.

August 22, 1937 - The Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army was reorganized into the Eighth Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army.

November 25, 1937 - The Japanese army captured Wuxi County, and the Kuomintang's last defense line, the Chengxi Defense Line, was immediately breached.

December 1, 1937 - The Japanese army captured the Jiangyin Fortress and began to control the Yangtze River.

Twelve days later, the Japanese army captured Nanjing, the capital of the Chinese National Government, and the Nanjing Massacre occurred.

Teacher: In the previous paragraph, a young musician used music to write down the past events of December 13, 1937

That ancient capital city moat in that world

The Yangtze River surged in the gloomy dawn

There were rumbling guns everywhere

Those kind compatriots in that world

On December 13th, we fell into a bad omen

The cold wind blew in the barren mountain and the moon was high

There were bloody bayonets everywhere

We should never forget the folks who were killed that year

And the shame was deeply entangled in our hearts

We should never forget the folks who were killed that year

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And that fire was burning in our home

Teacher: If you grew up in that era, what could you do?

Student: Brief

Teacher: In that era, there was a man named He Luting. Born in 1903 in a poor peasant family in Shaoyang, Hunan. At the age of twenty, he entered Changsha (News) Yueyun Art School to study painting and music, and stayed at the school as a music teacher two years later. In 1931, He Luting was admitted to the Shanghai National Music College. Three years later, he participated in the competition for Chinese-flavored piano music organized by the Russian composer Zilpin. During the Anti-Japanese War, he participated in the Shanghai Cultural Circle’s Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Drama Troupe and traveled to various places. Promoted the anti-Japanese war and composed the immortal song "Guerrilla Song".

After liberation, Mr. He Luting focused on music teaching. He has been the president of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and founded the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. The middle school and primary school affiliated to the Conservatory of Music cultivated a large number of outstanding musical talents for the country. During this period, he also created a large number of musical works and wrote "My Opinions on the Reform of Opera Music", "On the Creation of Music", and "Issues of National Music". " and other articles have made an indelible contribution to the construction of China's music industry.

Teacher: Students have listened to a lot of music that reflects the Anti-Japanese War. Today we are going to learn a piece that reflects the Anti-Japanese War. Song. Let's first ask the students to listen to a song, "Song of the Guerrillas". After listening, ask the students to tell me what kind of image this song depicts.

Play the music " "Song of the Guerrillas".

Teacher: What kind of image does this song portray?

Student: Briefly

Teacher: What image does this song portray? It depicts the heroic image of guerrilla fighters who are brave, flexible, resourceful, and not afraid of sacrifice. It deeply expresses the high fighting spirit and revolutionary optimism of revolutionary fighters. The teacher will sing it again for everyone.

The teacher will sing it to everyone

Teacher explains the song

Teacher: When we usually read an article aloud, the first thing we have to do is to understand the article and sing This is also the case before we sing, we must first understand the song. For example: a firm and confident singing mood, with increasing intensity. Light and flexible, from weak to strong

(1) Students sing a cappella. Sing softly along with the recording: control the volume and just listen to yourself.

Teacher: This song is very simple. You can easily find the melody. Now the teacher will sing it for you.

Normal School Singing Songs

In 1937, He Luting joined the Shanghai Cultural Circle’s National Salvation Drama Team to carry out anti-Japanese and national salvation propaganda activities. He traveled to Nanjing and Wuhan to the Eighth Route Army Office in Linfen, Shanxi. The fiery fighting life of the company inspired He Luting's creative enthusiasm. After a long period of deliberation, the lyrics and music of "Guerrilla Song" finally appeared on the paper under the kerosene lamp. He dedicated this song to all the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army in the name of the Shanghai Cultural Circle’s National Salvation Drama Troupe. In early 1938, it premiered at the evening party of a meeting of senior generals held at the Eighth Route Army Headquarters. Commander Zhu De and other leaders unanimously praised: Soldiers need such a song. From then on, this fresh and exciting "guerrilla song" quickly spread inside and outside the Great Wall, and across the country, inspiring soldiers and civilians across the country to defend their homeland and defeat the Japanese invaders. It still maintains its enduring charm to this day.

Teacher: Okay, let’s sing along with the accompaniment again.

(2) Students sing with accompaniment

Teacher: Now the students have sung this song very accurately. Let’s think about it together, what kind of emotion, sound and intensity to use. How can we express the heroic image of a guerrilla fighter who is flexible, resourceful, brave, confident, and optimistic?

(3) Students sing with accompaniment

Music games

Teacher: We told you a symphony "Chinese Gallop" in the last class 》. There is a word SOLO in sunset music that everyone can interpret as solo. Today we will find a few students to play solo.

The teacher underlined the keywords

Played accompaniment and asked classmates to sing a chorus

He Luting and the shepherd boy's piccolo

When He Luting was admitted to the National Music College At that time, he was still a poor student studying in Shanghai. At that time, he lived in the main building of a sewing shop. It was extremely hot in summer, but He Luting was not intimidated by this difficulty. He studied and created while constantly paying attention to the developments in the music industry. Although He Luting was in danger of dropping out of school at any time, and even for a house with such poor conditions, there was a possibility that he would not be able to pay the rent. At this critical moment, one day, he saw a "Solicitation for Chinese Style" in the school's column "Piano Music" event was organized by Russian composer and pianist Zilpin in Shanghai. Whoever wins will be eligible to study abroad for free and receive a scholarship. After getting the news, He Luting was very excited. From then on, he started to create in that hot room all day long. Working day and night, he forgot all the pain. Some friends asked him, "You are so serious about participating in this competition. Can the halo of happiness really shine on you?" He Luting said very confidently: "I appreciate the rules of this competition. It is useful to anyone." Everyone has a chance to win, so I have to take this competition seriously." Because the weather was too hot and he lived on the top floor of the building, he could not work during the day, so he had to use the night and the period before dawn to create. At the same time, in order to have more chances to win awards, he wrote three piano pieces in succession (i.e., "Pastoral Piccolo", "Lullaby" and "Thoughts of the Past"). After the work was written, he sent it out very solemnly, and then looked forward to it. The result of this competition. The aura of happiness really came. Even He Luting himself did not expect that two of his three works would win the prize, namely "Shepherd Piccolo" and "Lullaby", among which "Shepherd Piccolo" won. The first prize in this competition was also my country's first piano piece to fly to the world. Since then, He Luting has become a well-known music master at home and abroad. He has been active in the Chinese music scene for decades, and this piano piece "The Shepherd's Piccolo" has been played all over the world

Summary:

The rhythm of "The Song of the Guerrilla" is active and varied, and the tune is light, smooth and full of vitality. With a distinctive march style, the song vividly depicts the revolutionary optimism of guerrilla fighters in the difficult environment behind enemy lines, portrays the heroic image of the guerrilla group as being resourceful, flexible, brave and tenacious, and profoundly reflects the Chinese people's fight against aggression during the Anti-Japanese War.

In addition to what we heard above, what other songs can the students sing that reflect the anti-Japanese period?